Founder, President and Executive Director of The Children's Law Center, Washington, DC, 1996 - Present
Member - Government Relations Committee, UJA-Federation of New York, Westchester, NY, 2004 - Present
Honorary Board Member - Children's Health Care is a Legal Duty (CHILD, Inc.), Sioux City, IA, 1999 - Present
Member - ABA Section of Litigation, Children and the Law Committee, Child Welfare Subcommittee, Washington, DC, 2001-2002
Chair - The Mayor's Committee on Adoption Law Reform, Washington, DC, 1999 - 2000
Secretary - The Mayor's Advisory Council on Permanent Homes for Children, Washington, DC, 1999 - 2000
Co-chair - DC Metro Chapter of the National Association of Council for Children, Washington, DC, 1997 - 2000
Founder - DC Superior Court Permanency Mediation Project, Washington, DC, 1999 - 2000
Member - DC Superior Court Remedial Project Advisory Committee, Washington, DC, 1999 - 2000
Member - DC Superior Court Family Division Advisory Rules Committee, Washington, DC, 1999 - 2000
Member - DC Superior Court Family Division Model Court Committee, Washington, DC, 1999 - 2000
Participant - Fourth Annual Children's Initiatives Forum, Washington, DC, 1999
Member - The Charleston Condominium Board of Directors, Arlington, VA, 1996-2000
Professional Associations and Memberships
American Trial Lawyers Association, 2002 - Present
National Association of Counsel for Children, 1995 - Present
District of Columbia Bar Association, 1993 - Present
New York State Bar Association, 1991 - Present
American Bar Association, 1995 - 2005
American Bar Association Section of Litigation, 1995 - 2005
American Bar Association Section of Litigation - Children's Law Committee, 1999 - 2005
New York State Citizens' Coalition for Children, Inc., 2000 - 2005
North American Council on Adoptable Children, 2001 - 2004
